Hoops

Goulding Flop of the Century

"Goulding was booed in the first half because it would put him off his game. Crowds don't need much of an excuse to find someone to target. He was booed in the second half because he flopped. The crowd was very effective."

I think that about sums it up. I believe the initial boos were to put him off his game and to upset him as Melbourne rely on him for everything. As you note Isaac, the Melbourne team has a pile of individual talent. The claims of him head butting and doing things off the ball don't go down well, but I think that just added to the initial fire and once a few people started booing, the "snowball effect" happened.

As soon as he flopped after brushing Peach, well that's when the crowd respect evaporated, particularly when the replay showed it for what it was.

With professional sport being 99% mental, a crowd can do wonders for their team. I actually think Chris Goulding is a superbly talented player and considering the NBL players voting him the best shooter, obviously has a lot of respect from the players themselves. Talent is just 1%. There are plenty of former players in any sport who had the talent to be world champions, keeping the right mindset under all circumstances is the thing that makes world champions.

perhaps the NBL tossers should sit for another tribunal hearinh of bringing the game into disrepute. the slightest touch n he goes down.
integrity? nah.....none

heal the world, make it a better place.

In a decades time I hope more than two things stick in people's memory about this semi final series. Sadly I think Ervin's attempt to knee Goulding in the groin (after tonight I have reasonable doubt about whether Ervin made contact at all in G2) and Goulding's falling (flopping?) to the ground after brushing past Petrie while running down the court.

Two of the best players in the NBL tainted their reputations these past few days and its a pity because they are great players who had momentary lapses of judgement. Just goes to show the pressure these guys must feel. I hope both players learn from their mistakes and become better people from their experiences.

I think it's a bit rich that Adelaide fans get all over goulding when the 6ers where flopping all over the place

Skull I think he's been getting advice from Chris Paul...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-Qj9v62-BU

is anyone guiding this kid?....

Daft thing to do! His head wasn't in the game tonight though. I think the crowd got to him. Tigers needed him to shoot it a lot more than 5 times for the game!

Its his first finals series as the go to guy though, so hopefully he'll learn from this. He's got a lot of ability and I'm looking forward to see what he can do for the Boomers later this year.

Never seen any flop that bad.

That'll go viral.

Just... wow.

Goulding is a centaur? Explains why Gary's knee did soo much damage....